08-31-2010, 04:54 PM
That's a nice detail ... and a fine observation, Kevin! And you are right about including the date as part of the design of all kinds of structures. From bridges to office buildings, it has been convention to include the construction year over the entryway or on the cornice of a building or at the entry to a bridge for centuries!
biL
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"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln